DPS spokeswoman Pam Walker confirmed this week that John Monguillot, the former assistant director of mental health in the prison system’s western region, received a demotion after Kerr’s death. He is now the psychological services coordinator at Marion Correctional Institution in western North Carolina, where he oversees mental health services at the facility.

As a result, Monguillot’s annual salary dropped from $93,786 to just under $80,000. Walker did not offer any additional comment on Monguillot’s demotion.

The Indy reported in April that Kerr died during a transfer to Central Prison in Raleigh after spending more than a month in solitary confinement at a prison in Taylorsville.

Prison officials also announced several reforms, including the creation of a task force to recommend policy changes, consultation with outside experts and individual mental health reviews of inmates before placing them in solitary confinement. Mental health experts have long said that the use of isolation on mentally ill prisoners may only exacerbate illness.